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Enough with the necktie boners | Fail We don't doubt that the majority of gents wearing neckties aren't doing so as symbols of phallic overcompensation, but this business of overenthusiastic knotting to produce bulging necktie boners is not helping to make the argument. It shouldn't appear as though the restraint of your coat is the only thing keeping your neckwear from poking innocent bystanders in the eye. Put away the Tie-agra. 23.nov.2011 style post a comment
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